Each week students will be asked to hand in a one-page synopsis for each journal article assigned for discussion in that week.  The synopsis will help you organize your thoughts and questions on the reading and will demonstrate to me that you are keeping up with the reading.  The guidelines below should be used to organize your synopsis into three parts.

• Major points.  Make a list of three or four major points communicated by the authors of this paper.  What are the key findings?  What is the significance of this work?.

• Questions.  List two or three questions that you have as a result of reading this paper.  Be specific – it’s not acceptable to say, “I didn’t understand the entire paper.”

• Response.  Respond to the question(s) posted to the discussion list.
  

• You must type your synopses

• Hand in one 1-page synopsis per article

• The synopses are due during class on the day the article is discussed -- late assignments will not be graded